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Just to be clear: the President is single-handedly dragging America to economic crisis and war with our closest allies.
And why? To conquer an overseas territory that we have no claim to, have never had a claim to, and already have military bases on.
Oh, and because he didn’t get a prize.
And why? To conquer an overseas territory that we have no claim to, have never had a claim to, and already have military bases on.
Oh, and because he didn’t get a prize.
January 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Just to be clear: the President is single-handedly dragging America to economic crisis and war with our closest allies.
And why? To conquer an overseas territory that we have no claim to, have never had a claim to, and already have military bases on.
Oh, and because he didn’t get a prize.
And why? To conquer an overseas territory that we have no claim to, have never had a claim to, and already have military bases on.
Oh, and because he didn’t get a prize.
Reposted by Tom Baier
'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert said the government's "obey, or die" narrative surrounding Wednesday's shooting in Minneapolis should raise "an alarm bell for the entire country."
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert said the government's "obey, or die" narrative surrounding Wednesday's shooting in Minneapolis should raise "an alarm bell for the entire country."
The Republican Party is a domestic enemy of the Constitution. You can tell we are now a third-world country because the military is policing on our streets.
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The Republican Party is a domestic enemy of the Constitution. You can tell we are now a third-world country because the military is policing on our streets.
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In a democracy, law enforcement derives its authority not from weapons or uniforms, but from adherence to the law, internal discipline, and the confidence of the public it serves. When accountability disappears, legitimacy collapses. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
Executed
An ICE Shooting in Minneapolis and the Collapse of Lawful Authority
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
In a democracy, law enforcement derives its authority not from weapons or uniforms, but from adherence to the law, internal discipline, and the confidence of the public it serves. When accountability disappears, legitimacy collapses. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
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I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
In newspeak, "Coverups" are now "Investigations"
The FBI has taken over the investigations into the shooting in Minneapolis and tonight’s shooting in Portland. How many more?!?!?
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
In newspeak, "Coverups" are now "Investigations"
The US Federal Government murdered Renee Good in MN yesterday, and then POTUS and his accomplices blatantly lied about it. Impeachment and prosecution is the only way to save our country. Now.
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The US Federal Government murdered Renee Good in MN yesterday, and then POTUS and his accomplices blatantly lied about it. Impeachment and prosecution is the only way to save our country. Now.
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@djrothkopf.bsky.social does not engage in hyperbole or histrionics. This is clear eyed, and correct. He has to be stopped. We are in grave peril.
“Trump is now indisputably and by far the greatest threat faced by the US and the world. He must be stopped”
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“Trump is now indisputably and by far the greatest threat faced by the US and the world. He must be stopped”
🧵
Stephen Miller is Trump’s most important and influential aide because he channels and shares the president’s worldview. His cold-blooded assessment that might makes right is the one immutable law of history and is now the guiding concept behind US foreign policy…
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
@djrothkopf.bsky.social does not engage in hyperbole or histrionics. This is clear eyed, and correct. He has to be stopped. We are in grave peril.
“Trump is now indisputably and by far the greatest threat faced by the US and the world. He must be stopped”
🧵
“Trump is now indisputably and by far the greatest threat faced by the US and the world. He must be stopped”
🧵
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I don't know how else to say this: every biographer of Donald Trump understands that he doesn't care about human suffering.
Not one iota.
Not in the United States, not anywhere else.
Not among children, not among animals.
He is, *journalistically speaking*, an actual monster.
Not one iota.
Not in the United States, not anywhere else.
Not among children, not among animals.
He is, *journalistically speaking*, an actual monster.
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I don't know how else to say this: every biographer of Donald Trump understands that he doesn't care about human suffering.
Not one iota.
Not in the United States, not anywhere else.
Not among children, not among animals.
He is, *journalistically speaking*, an actual monster.
Not one iota.
Not in the United States, not anywhere else.
Not among children, not among animals.
He is, *journalistically speaking*, an actual monster.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
they lie about everything all the time
BREAKING:
JD Vance just gave a big speech in which he claimed that "for the first time in a very long time, workers' wages are rising faster than inflation.."
The only problem?
The Trump Labor Dept. reported exactly the opposite just yesterday, showing real wages falling in June. #EconSky
JD Vance just gave a big speech in which he claimed that "for the first time in a very long time, workers' wages are rising faster than inflation.."
The only problem?
The Trump Labor Dept. reported exactly the opposite just yesterday, showing real wages falling in June. #EconSky
July 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
they lie about everything all the time
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(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency's head said during a briefing that he hadn't been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/
Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say
Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
www.reuters.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency's head said during a briefing that he hadn't been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/
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Trump signed an executive order that will delay Medicare price negotiations for a range of prescription drugs.
This will raise the price of life-saving medicine for millions of seniors and cost taxpayers money.
It's a big win for Big Pharma.
A "new Golden Age" for whom?
This will raise the price of life-saving medicine for millions of seniors and cost taxpayers money.
It's a big win for Big Pharma.
A "new Golden Age" for whom?
April 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump signed an executive order that will delay Medicare price negotiations for a range of prescription drugs.
This will raise the price of life-saving medicine for millions of seniors and cost taxpayers money.
It's a big win for Big Pharma.
A "new Golden Age" for whom?
This will raise the price of life-saving medicine for millions of seniors and cost taxpayers money.
It's a big win for Big Pharma.
A "new Golden Age" for whom?
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3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
Reposted by Tom Baier
What is happening within the highest levels of the Trump Administration is an effort to illegally deprive people of their rights and freedom purely on the basis of their race or appearance, contrary to many, many laws. In any reasonable world it would result in immediate and unanimous impeachment...
April 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What is happening within the highest levels of the Trump Administration is an effort to illegally deprive people of their rights and freedom purely on the basis of their race or appearance, contrary to many, many laws. In any reasonable world it would result in immediate and unanimous impeachment...
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An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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It’s April 7th 2025 and the United States of America is an authoritarian state.
Sotomayor: "The implication of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal"
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
April 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It’s April 7th 2025 and the United States of America is an authoritarian state.
David Brooks considers himself to be a Conservative. "If there is an underlying philosophy driving Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers. The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won...
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
David Brooks considers himself to be a Conservative. "If there is an underlying philosophy driving Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers. The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Trump is a Russian asset. He is a traitor to our country.
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.” Because the US is a Russian ally (or satellite?) now I guess. [therecord.media]
February 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trump is a Russian asset. He is a traitor to our country.
Trump is a Russian asset. He is deliberately destroying the post-WWII balance of power in Europe.
Trump kicked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy out of the White House after berating him for being “disrespectful” in the Oval Office. So embarrassed to be an American right now. [kottke.org]
Trump Ejects Zelenskyy From White House
Trump just kicked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy out of the White House after berating him for being “disrespectful” in the Oval Office.
The astonishing turn of events could scramble international affairs in Eu
kottke.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trump is a Russian asset. He is deliberately destroying the post-WWII balance of power in Europe.
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson
February 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...